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When literature student Anastasia Steele interviews successful entrepreneur Christian Grey, she finds him very attractive and deeply intimidating. Convinced that their meeting went badly, she tries to put him out of her mind – until he turns up at the store where she works part-time, and invites her out.

Unworldly and innocent, Ana is shocked to find she wants this man. And, when he warns her to keep her distance, it only makes her want him more.

As they embark on a passionate love affair, Ana discovers more about her own desires, as well as the dark secrets Christian keeps hidden away from public view …

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I put off reading this trilogy after seeing the mass of negative reviews. But, curiosity finally got to me.These books definitely have their faults: there's far too much sex, to the point where I simply skipped passed them; the writing is a little contradictory and repetitive, and it's in no way suitable for anyone who has experienced an abusive relationship.However, if you are looking for an enjoyable guilty pleasure ,where you can leave your brain at the door and simply have a fun read, then it's great.Don't take any notice of the neigh Sayers. This book was never meant to be a literary classic or a serious piece of literature. This book is all about indulgent fun. If that's what you're looking for, have at it and enjoy.

I absolutely love how the stories, not only stand alone if read separately, but also click together when read in the correct order....fifty shades of grey, fifty shades darker and then fifty shades freed.This is a lovely set of stories that introduce us to anna and Christian; the main characters of this story.We see Christian overcome a number of obsticles with his tendency to be over protective, his need to punish when lines are drawn and overstepped, his to be loved unconditionally and his struggle within that sense to see that he can be loved. Christian sees himself as a broken man, and therefore not deserving of love.This is where innocent anna....in all ways comes in.She is Christian's cure, his way to free himself. Anna is no submisive, although she tries for his sake.There is a bond that cannot be broken, even when they have their first fight and she leaves him.Christian needs anna like he needs air and cannot live/breathe without her.They are drawn to each other from when anna falls into Christian's office. And through good times and bad they support each other.quickly things are changing in their relationship. And for Christian to keep anna his, he had to change his way of thinking, his way of living and his being a dominant. It all has to change and it does....beautifully.You need to read all the series to get the full understanding about this story.It is not a tale of wife/girlfriend beating. It is not at a story of domestic abuse.This is a love story. A story with passion and understanding the needs of each other in Christian and Anna's relationship. Its about boundaries and expectations. Its about new love, raw and erotic and passionate.Its about new beginnings and exploring new heights in everything(not just in the bedroom😀)This series of books have had a lot of bad press. But it made it to the world of films.Well done there E. L. JAMES.Saw the first fifty shades movie. Loved it 😍Looking forward to see the second in a few days😁

Tempted to only award three stars. For most of the book the author is at her brilliant best steering this car crash of a relationship on its drunken path towards happiness and salvation. Then disaster strikes. How often has a great book been ruined by publishing deadlines and target word counts. It seems we have another victim. The author loses command of her main characters, cobbles together a haphazard sequence of events to drive the plot form point A to point B with indecent haste whilst removing issues that can simply be left unresolved. In particular Kate confronts Ana - what a glorious opportunity totally wasted. It could and should have been one mother of a catfight but all the characters are in the wrong places, Kate is rendered impotent and the outcome is lame and pathetic. Kate should have been on her home turf versus Ana without Christian to back her up. a conflagration that would overwhelm even a spirited Ana, only for it to be overtaken by the devastating news on the local media that leaves Ana distraught and bereft, believing she has lost everything, to give the kind of heck no ending (as in the first book) that would have the readers demanding express delivery for the next instalment

I didn't get caught up in the hype of these books and only purchased out of curosity after watching the first movie. I have to say while the context is interesting and quite frankly could have been condensed into one book - the style of writing the characters are utterly abysmal. An English Lit major experiencing sex of a very erotic nature for the first time could seemingly and maddingly only muster "whoa" and "inner goddess" - total tripe. There are the makings of a very good book - singular - and movie - singular - but of course there is money to be made so the storyline unsurprisingly was bare bones, which was shame as the backstory of Christian Grey is interesting and better told in the book "Grey" particular his nightmares, feelings etc. Of course the Triology is being told from the protaganist's point of view (Ana) but still I was so frustrated with the lack of literary style that I flipped through whole sections of these books and couldn't believe there were three of them to read. Glad I have now finished and would not pay to watch the movies.